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mitt romney's had a lot of debates. he went through a long primary practice where he got beat up a lot and got to beat up other people. barack obama had no primary process and has not been in a debate since his debates in the last election. so i think he's got -- he's not in fighting shape is my guess and all these practices he's doing, are to get him in the fighting shape. hopefully they have enough time to do it and hopefully he has a sparring opponent in john kerry who is not pulling any punches, not being as respectful to him as his staff might be and showing him that mitt romney is going to get on the stage knowing this is probably his last chance and he's going to be very aggressive in taking on obama. >> steve, thank you very much for your time. >> good to be here. >> steve, what do you think about this idea that debates don't usually change the race entirely all by themselves, but they confirm the narrative that has already been going on in the country? >> well, they can confirm the narrative but we keep coming
mitt romney's had a lot of debates. he went through a long primary practice where he got beat up a lot and got to beat up other people. barack obama had no primary process and has not been in a debate since his debates in the last election. so i think he's got -- he's not in fighting shape is my guess and all these practices he's doing, are to get him in the fighting shape. hopefully they have enough time to do it and hopefully he has a sparring opponent in john kerry who is not pulling any...
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if you look at mitt romney, his performance has declined over three debates. he started high and took it south from there. does that kind of momentum or does that kind of performance affect the campaign, karen? >> well, look. i think initially they did a good job of taking advantage of the momentum. but i don't think they'll have enough road, there's only two weeks, to convince voters that he's this newfangled person. they are saying, wait a second. i was on the call. and one of the points these guys made that i thought was very important is we're not talking about the increases in voter registration numbers. republicans are betting on lower turnout from african-american and latino voters and there are eight million more registered latino voters this cycle than four years ago. so that's a silly assumption for them to be making. they are making a lot of false assumptions. you look at where the president is ahead in early voting, he's ahead of his own record. so i think the story is president obama has real momentum in the early vote period. >> and of course, on
if you look at mitt romney, his performance has declined over three debates. he started high and took it south from there. does that kind of momentum or does that kind of performance affect the campaign, karen? >> well, look. i think initially they did a good job of taking advantage of the momentum. but i don't think they'll have enough road, there's only two weeks, to convince voters that he's this newfangled person. they are saying, wait a second. i was on the call. and one of the...
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mitt romney fired up his base during the debate and president obama did not. the other issue is the waiverers who were still undecided or who are persuadable and romney did a better job persuading during the debate. i agree with joan. this is not the end of the world. this is not something that's uncorrectable. but it it needs to be corrected. >> well, it could start with a good debate by joe biden coming up on thursday night. joan, how important is it? >> it's really important. i think what he needs to do is tie paul ryan around mitt romney's neck like a mill stone. paul ryan's policies are deadly unpopular and he's basically been allowed to kind of get away with it and paper over what he believes and what mitt romney believes. but paul ryan is just a terrible deficit for the ticket. the other thing is it is a base election. when we get to this point when we're looking at likely voters, ours are less likely to turn out. they are the young, they are the disadvantaged, they are the new citizens who haven't made a habit of voting. if we see an electorate like in
mitt romney fired up his base during the debate and president obama did not. the other issue is the waiverers who were still undecided or who are persuadable and romney did a better job persuading during the debate. i agree with joan. this is not the end of the world. this is not something that's uncorrectable. but it it needs to be corrected. >> well, it could start with a good debate by joe biden coming up on thursday night. joan, how important is it? >> it's really important. i...
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mitt romney debated against ted kennedy back in the '90s. he debated one on one when he ran for governor. he probably turned his campaign around when he ran for governor and won the governorship because of what happened in that debate. and listen to the republicans, don't listen to me because nobody's -- i'm, obviously, partisan. but just this morning on "morning joe," newt gingrich, who debated him many, many times, said that he got clobbered by him, that mitt romney, when he had to down in florida, literally turned things around, everybody saw that and knows that. mitt romney debated -- tim pawlenty said he's as good as a debater as there is, i'm telling you that because i debated him all the time. these are guys that ran against him. the fact is that mitt romney is very good debater. he's done a very good job. he's practiced and practiced and practiced and he's been flying around with, you know, the person playing obama on his airplane every minute. he's gone away and done five debates in 48 hours up in new hampshire or vermont or somewhe
mitt romney debated against ted kennedy back in the '90s. he debated one on one when he ran for governor. he probably turned his campaign around when he ran for governor and won the governorship because of what happened in that debate. and listen to the republicans, don't listen to me because nobody's -- i'm, obviously, partisan. but just this morning on "morning joe," newt gingrich, who debated him many, many times, said that he got clobbered by him, that mitt romney, when he had to...
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new polls show mitt romney clawing his way back into the race after that first debate. the question is, what will shift the trend lines over the next 28 days to decide this airtight election? >>> a congressional investigation now into what happened to the united states consulate in libya leading to the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans? the question is, why was a request from stevens for additional security declined? we'll look into that. >>> the jets hang tough with the very best team in the afc. mark sanchez getting one last drive to win it. the question
new polls show mitt romney clawing his way back into the race after that first debate. the question is, what will shift the trend lines over the next 28 days to decide this airtight election? >>> a congressional investigation now into what happened to the united states consulate in libya leading to the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans? the question is, why was a request from stevens for additional security declined? we'll look into that. >>> the jets...
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so why is romney's debate strategy to fact check the president? i find it interesting. >> that's a good question. i was thinking, on the way over here, how i haven't been in college for long time, b i remember being a freshman and takingsy 101nd rbe learning about something when people identify their most glaring faults and project those faults on to the other people. i'm think this is a great example of that. because mitt romney has demonstrated over the course of several months as one of the mo dishone i've er sn. or trnund say he wants to look forward to using the debates to somehow suggest the president has been dishonest, i think that's a classic example of projection. >> you used the word dishonest twice. you have no problem with tt? ey aghckor when it cometo telling the truth? >> you know, it's funny, you mentioned, i do this series online at maddowblog.com every friday afternoon chronicling mitt's mendacity. it's quite a list because at this point it's getting awfully long. it's hard to even count all of the tis mitt romy s sa something th
so why is romney's debate strategy to fact check the president? i find it interesting. >> that's a good question. i was thinking, on the way over here, how i haven't been in college for long time, b i remember being a freshman and takingsy 101nd rbe learning about something when people identify their most glaring faults and project those faults on to the other people. i'm think this is a great example of that. because mitt romney has demonstrated over the course of several months as one...
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nevertheless it's not just one debate. >> it's one debate that is very visible but a different mitt romney shows up. obama just let that happen. mitt romney showed up and he seemed like an energetic guy to fix things. obama showed up and looked tired and listless and he didn't challenge mitt romney on his extreme positionsr on the extreme positions of the republican party including his running mate. >> i always lover yo your insig. we're past the debate but still at that same conversation even with democrats still talking about the debate mystery that happened. >> it was a vacuum. there's nothing else to talk about until the next debate. >> we can talk about the fact women have been deserting -- we have two polls shows women are deserting the president. he had an 18-point lead in the pugh poll. >> it's tied at 47%. i don't want to just isolate you because you're the woman here. >> happy it to talk about it. >> you guys know women, but nevertheless we'll single them out. which is where the debate comes in, and mitt romney being allowed to define himself as a moderate, obama didn't bring up
nevertheless it's not just one debate. >> it's one debate that is very visible but a different mitt romney shows up. obama just let that happen. mitt romney showed up and he seemed like an energetic guy to fix things. obama showed up and looked tired and listless and he didn't challenge mitt romney on his extreme positionsr on the extreme positions of the republican party including his running mate. >> i always lover yo your insig. we're past the debate but still at that same...
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romney and gingrich. look at the last few debates here. does anybody watching those debates think to themselves, hey, these two guys, either one of them really belongs in the oval office? they've been diminishing themselves steadily throughout the debates. gingrich is a joke. and romney, mr. $57,000 a day man who doesn't seem to grateful for that. he just seems entitled. >> you are so well -- by the way, he wants a tax break. >> yeah, he does. >> he makes more in a day than most make in a year. we'll be right back. we'll have more when we come back in a minute. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ female announcer ] experience dual-action power, with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. forty years ago, he wasn't looking for financial advice. back then he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future. but fortunately, somebody
romney and gingrich. look at the last few debates here. does anybody watching those debates think to themselves, hey, these two guys, either one of them really belongs in the oval office? they've been diminishing themselves steadily throughout the debates. gingrich is a joke. and romney, mr. $57,000 a day man who doesn't seem to grateful for that. he just seems entitled. >> you are so well -- by the way, he wants a tax break. >> yeah, he does. >> he makes more in a day than...
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i think governor romney is a very good debater. there's certainly things you can't teach in debates, and that's in terms of how you attack your opponent. he had his bad moments, i.e., his 10,0$10,000 bet, but he was pretty solid. i remember during the primaries when we were prepping against him, it really wasn't -- he wasn't a candidate we were focused on in terms of being concerned about debating. all that being said, usually the challenger in this circumstance would go in with lower expectations. the problem here is because romney's campaign is in such a terrible position, and it's flailing. everyone is fixated on, is this the moment, the debate that turns things around? the expectations are higher for governor romney, and that is the problem. that's what the campaign and governor romney have put themselves in this position where if they don't do well in the debate, it really is the beginning of the end. >> politico is reporting that mitt romney plans to fact-check obama in the debate. governor romney has been accused of flip-flo
i think governor romney is a very good debater. there's certainly things you can't teach in debates, and that's in terms of how you attack your opponent. he had his bad moments, i.e., his 10,0$10,000 bet, but he was pretty solid. i remember during the primaries when we were prepping against him, it really wasn't -- he wasn't a candidate we were focused on in terms of being concerned about debating. all that being said, usually the challenger in this circumstance would go in with lower...
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those of us at msnbc were willing to admit that romney won the debate. when the shoe was on the other foot last night, the fox people, and this tells you a little something about the difference between fox and msnbc, they were living in an alternate reality where because they're all essentially just spinning 24/7 for their candidate, they said that romney won the debate. it was insane. clearly obama won the debate. that doesn't mean he's going to necessarily win the election -- >> nobody is suggesting that. >> there's an important point people need to focus on. when obama lost the first debate, all of us on the left conceded he lost. then when obama won the debate clearly last night, the game that the republicans are playing is to pretend that romney did well, pass the bar, had a good night so they prevent that narrative from being written. and this is a game that republicans played in 2000 when karl rove suggested that george bush would win over 300 electoral votes. it's a game john mccain played in 2008 when he suggested he could come close in pennsylv
those of us at msnbc were willing to admit that romney won the debate. when the shoe was on the other foot last night, the fox people, and this tells you a little something about the difference between fox and msnbc, they were living in an alternate reality where because they're all essentially just spinning 24/7 for their candidate, they said that romney won the debate. it was insane. clearly obama won the debate. that doesn't mean he's going to necessarily win the election -- >> nobody...
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i think that's what voters are seeing in this debate. romney has a plan for growth. democrats have a plan to kind of redistribute what we already have. that's not enough. >> you shouldn't misrepresent the john f. kennedy tax cut. the taxes when kennedy was president were cut from 91% to 71%. the taxes were skewed toward the middle and lower class. the tax base was at 91 to 71 for the top margin. the tax rates for the top earners right now are fundamentally different. they're in the mid to high 30s. what i'm campaigning on is solving the fiscal crisis. and you know that if we don't have new revenue, that doesn't engage in tricks, the congressional research service says your tax cutting policy hasn't worked one time. paul ryan couldn't cite an example -- >> can i do a joe biden laugh now? >> sure, you can do it. you look terrific. you have teeth as good as his. >> i was just going to say i talked to a lot of major business leaders who want romney elected, but almost to a man and a woman they say, we're going to have to pay more taxes in our category. what they want to
i think that's what voters are seeing in this debate. romney has a plan for growth. democrats have a plan to kind of redistribute what we already have. that's not enough. >> you shouldn't misrepresent the john f. kennedy tax cut. the taxes when kennedy was president were cut from 91% to 71%. the taxes were skewed toward the middle and lower class. the tax base was at 91 to 71 for the top margin. the tax rates for the top earners right now are fundamentally different. they're in the mid to...
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coming off the debate and the pew poll you now can make the case that mitt romney is the guy who is kind of the energy and enthusiasm candidate. i think some polls will come out in places like ohio, virginia, north carolina, florida, hopefully some independent polls in the next few days that i think will get the measure of how much bounce mitt romney got. if those polls suggest him really closing the margin in those states then i think the romney campaign is really on to something. national polling is great and they're happy to have it, but really the problem they have had in the last six weeks, two months, is electoral vote in the swing states. they need those numbers to move. >> and we are going to have our nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist polls in florida, ohio, and virginia coming out first thing thursday morning. mark you're in chicago, which tells me you've probably been doing a lot of reporting. what are they saying at the obama headquarters? >> well, andrea, i came straight here from the headquarters where i sat down with some of the top officials on the campaign and talked
coming off the debate and the pew poll you now can make the case that mitt romney is the guy who is kind of the energy and enthusiasm candidate. i think some polls will come out in places like ohio, virginia, north carolina, florida, hopefully some independent polls in the next few days that i think will get the measure of how much bounce mitt romney got. if those polls suggest him really closing the margin in those states then i think the romney campaign is really on to something. national...
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- rather, romney with a new debate coach. romney taking on gingrich on the whole freddie mac deal. >> governor romney, in the spirit of openness should tell us how much money he made off of how many households that were foreclosed. >> my investments have been in a blind trust, managed by a trustee. have you checked your own investments? you have investments that have mutual funds that also invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> now, i think there was fact checking there that mitt romney's mutual fund which was not stock but which invests in freddie and fanny, was not part of the blind trust, you know, there's a lot going back and forth here. but the bottom line is, any time mitt romney is talking about his trustee and his blind trust that is not a good moment. >> it n's not a good moment. but it was the ability to neutralize that moment and for him to turn and csay, have yoch your own investments, you are doing the same thing? he showed fight and he looked like he was in good shape to do it. he shut gingrich down, gingrich
- rather, romney with a new debate coach. romney taking on gingrich on the whole freddie mac deal. >> governor romney, in the spirit of openness should tell us how much money he made off of how many households that were foreclosed. >> my investments have been in a blind trust, managed by a trustee. have you checked your own investments? you have investments that have mutual funds that also invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> now, i think there was fact checking there that...
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mitt romney's money and organization combined with a strong debate performance last week put him in the driver's seat. new polls show romney pulling away from speaker gingrich and the rest of the field. according to an nbc/maris poll released yesterday, romney leads newt by 15 points in miami, florida. romney's lead is deep and wide, a breakdown shows romney cleaning up in just about every subgroup of voters. he beat speaker gingrich by 21 points among women, 9 points among men, 6 points among christians and he's within the margin of error also among tea partiers. romney holds a commanding lead among hispanics, a large florida voting bloc. 72% of registered republicans in miami-dade county are hispanic. romney leads gingrich by 24 points vong those voters. between campaign spending and superpac, romney is outspending gingrich by a ratio of four to one. romney spent $15.7 million overall. >>> rick santorum's daubl was hospitalized with pneumonia. his 3-year-old, bella who suffers from a rage genetic disorder is recovering and could be released from the philadelphia hospital soon. he plan
mitt romney's money and organization combined with a strong debate performance last week put him in the driver's seat. new polls show romney pulling away from speaker gingrich and the rest of the field. according to an nbc/maris poll released yesterday, romney leads newt by 15 points in miami, florida. romney's lead is deep and wide, a breakdown shows romney cleaning up in just about every subgroup of voters. he beat speaker gingrich by 21 points among women, 9 points among men, 6 points among...
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. >>> president obama and mitt romney are spending the day in debate prep. today the obama campaign released a new tv ad saying mitt romney cannot be trusted on education. >> mitt romney on education. >> all the talk about we need smaller classroom size, look, that's promoted by the teachers unions to hire more teachers. >> president obama has a different view. he believes smaller class sizes and great teachers are a key to a stronger economy and a stronger middle class. >> vice presidential nominee paul ryan pushing back on the issue of education today while stumping in ohio. he said job train willing be a focus of a reformed education system if mitt romney wins the election. >> we're a lot of people who came out of high school with the great promise of a good career, and those jobs are gone. a lot of those factory jobs have vanished. we've got to make sure that people have the skills they need to get the jobs they want so they can get ahead in life. we need to reform our education system. we need to make sure people get those skills. >> meanwhile, democrat
. >>> president obama and mitt romney are spending the day in debate prep. today the obama campaign released a new tv ad saying mitt romney cannot be trusted on education. >> mitt romney on education. >> all the talk about we need smaller classroom size, look, that's promoted by the teachers unions to hire more teachers. >> president obama has a different view. he believes smaller class sizes and great teachers are a key to a stronger economy and a stronger middle...
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i also think mitt romney will bring this up in the debate. something that was spoken yesterday in charlotte, north carolina, by our dear friend joe biden. roll it. >> the romney/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle-class families with a child, one or more children, by an additional $2,000 a year. how -- all kidding aside, with all the boos, look, guys, this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest! how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years, how in lord's name can they justify? >> god bless him. >> mark mckinnon -- i love him. mike, we love him. we love him! has anybody not told him, they've been in the white house for the past four years? buried? the middle class has been buried over the past four years. >> joe, i am being deadly earnest now, man. deadly earnest. okay? on how anybody -- how anybody can attempt to bury the vice president is beyond me. >> i'm not trying to bury him. i got a good laugh out of it. mark mckinnon, you think we may hear the middle cl
i also think mitt romney will bring this up in the debate. something that was spoken yesterday in charlotte, north carolina, by our dear friend joe biden. roll it. >> the romney/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle-class families with a child, one or more children, by an additional $2,000 a year. how -- all kidding aside, with all the boos, look, guys, this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest! how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class...
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how does mitt romney's jump, as you've seen it so far, stack up with prior presidential debates? >> well, certainly, his debate performance itself is historic! you know, we've said to americans, who did better? it was a 52-point margin. and this is thursday and friday, and by then, i think people who have been watching your station and others have kind of learned that romney did better, but nevertheless, that's a huge gap, as you see. clinton also did well in '92 against bush the elder, but not as well. and barack obama himself did good back in '08, but again, not as well. but as we've been talking about, the real impact of the debates that people are interested in is, does it change the probability that one candidate will win or not? and romney picked up short term, but long term doesn't look as much, but we'll continue to monitor it. >> there is also the question of the vice presidential debate. have vice presidential debates ever moved the numbers in any significant way, frank? >> interesting question. can't go back to the 1800s. we don't see it. you know, we don't poll as muc
how does mitt romney's jump, as you've seen it so far, stack up with prior presidential debates? >> well, certainly, his debate performance itself is historic! you know, we've said to americans, who did better? it was a 52-point margin. and this is thursday and friday, and by then, i think people who have been watching your station and others have kind of learned that romney did better, but nevertheless, that's a huge gap, as you see. clinton also did well in '92 against bush the elder,...
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where is the debate headed? head? romney looks for a comeback. washington cannot be changed from the inside. >> >>> he said he can't change washington from the inside. he can only change it from outside. well we're going to give him that chance in november, he's going outside. >> but it's rom any who spent perhaps his worst week of the campaign. on the defensive. after the release of his 2011 tax return and now this now-infamous recording from a may fundraiser. >> the 24% are with him. the government has the responsibility to care for them. >> a debate this morning about the 47%. taxes and government dependence. with two top surrogates for the candidate. democratic governor of massachusetts, duvall patrick and republican senator from new hampshire, kelly ayok. and then our political roundtable on the romney campaign under fire from romney conservatives what is the turn-around plan. are romney's troubles overstated? and what to look for as the candidates prepare for the debate. with a senior adviser to the romney campaign of democratic mayor of at
where is the debate headed? head? romney looks for a comeback. washington cannot be changed from the inside. >> >>> he said he can't change washington from the inside. he can only change it from outside. well we're going to give him that chance in november, he's going outside. >> but it's rom any who spent perhaps his worst week of the campaign. on the defensive. after the release of his 2011 tax return and now this now-infamous recording from a may fundraiser. >> the...
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he's willing to say anything, romney, anything in a debate. how do you beat a guy who is willing to say anything, who knows it only matters when the camera is off. when he sends out a staffer to correct the record. nobody is watching. that's what he likes. >> i don't disagree with you about the auto industry as an issue. i don't disagree with you about women's rights as an issue and equal pay, about you you can't walk away from the medicare issue and you can't let romney say that he's the guy who is going to protect medicare when he's, in fact, going to turn it into voucher care. senior citizens, especially in states like florida, pennsylvania, you know this, ohio, are going to be a big part of this electorate. they want to understand what's happening there. because the president didn't respond on medicare in the debate with any force, his advantage -- >> but you can't -- >> his advantage among seniors on the issue of medicare has shrunk. he's got to get that back, argue the issues you're arguing, but it's all got to be in a big context which
he's willing to say anything, romney, anything in a debate. how do you beat a guy who is willing to say anything, who knows it only matters when the camera is off. when he sends out a staffer to correct the record. nobody is watching. that's what he likes. >> i don't disagree with you about the auto industry as an issue. i don't disagree with you about women's rights as an issue and equal pay, about you you can't walk away from the medicare issue and you can't let romney say that he's the...
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goes back to what david said, santorum, a mistake in this debate to not go after romney. think romney will be on his game today. seen him do it to gingrich, rick perry, his back is up against the wall, he comes out swinging, i think that santorum needs to be on point. >> stick around. talk obama. what do george washington, ted kennedy, bill frist and david axelrod share? is a birthday, they were all born today, february 22nd. how school that to be born on george washington's birthday? george washington would have been 280 today, ted kennedy would have been 80, former senate majority leader bill frist 60 and senior strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod is 57. happy birthday to all the mustache, we believe is 50. you are watching "the daily rundown." only on msnbc. [ female announcer ] want to spend less and retire with more? then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras
goes back to what david said, santorum, a mistake in this debate to not go after romney. think romney will be on his game today. seen him do it to gingrich, rick perry, his back is up against the wall, he comes out swinging, i think that santorum needs to be on point. >> stick around. talk obama. what do george washington, ted kennedy, bill frist and david axelrod share? is a birthday, they were all born today, february 22nd. how school that to be born on george washington's birthday?...
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are romney's troubles overstated? and what to look for as the candidates prepare for the debate. with a senior adviser to the romney campaign of democratic mayor of atlanta. and host of msnbc's "morning joe," joe scarborough and dee dee myers and chuck todd about what new polls in the battleground states tell us about the race. >>> good sunday morning, election day is 44 days away. but early voting starts soon in several key battleground states. polls showing a small pool of undecided voters left. it's important for mitt romney as he tries to steady his campaign before the all-important presidential debates begin october 3rd. joining me two top surrogates, democratic governor of massachusetts, duvall patrick and the republican senator from new hampshire, kelly ayotte. good to have you here. a lot to get to. let's start with the issue of taxes and mitt romney's tax returns he released showing in 2011 he paid an effective tax rate of 14%. he didn't have a job, this was interest income. governor, should this end the debate or should there be more? >> i understand people's interest i
are romney's troubles overstated? and what to look for as the candidates prepare for the debate. with a senior adviser to the romney campaign of democratic mayor of atlanta. and host of msnbc's "morning joe," joe scarborough and dee dee myers and chuck todd about what new polls in the battleground states tell us about the race. >>> good sunday morning, election day is 44 days away. but early voting starts soon in several key battleground states. polls showing a small pool of...
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mitt romney's debate performance have improved. he will go after santorum after ear marks, so far the social piece is working for santorum, not for the general election, but it could carry him over the line. >> mitt romney is flat out burning through money in january his campaign and super pac raised $13.1 million, spent $32.7. break it down for us, jonathan. >> they have this big 50-state organization, and it's expensive. what all this points to, ed, something we talked about on the program, this campaign is not just about these candidates. it's about the billionaires who are behind them. so the most important question to ask is not what rick santorum or mitt romney might say on this or that issue. it's how far in his pocket sheldon adelson wants to dig. how far does foster friess want to dig in his pocket for rick santorum. these are the the questions that will determine this race. >> richard, how do you -- go ahead. do you want to add to that? >> i was going to say the most troubling number here is in the most recent polling fro
mitt romney's debate performance have improved. he will go after santorum after ear marks, so far the social piece is working for santorum, not for the general election, but it could carry him over the line. >> mitt romney is flat out burning through money in january his campaign and super pac raised $13.1 million, spent $32.7. break it down for us, jonathan. >> they have this big 50-state organization, and it's expensive. what all this points to, ed, something we talked about on...
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how do you expect governor romney to handle this issue in the final debate monday? and you think he could make up for the trouble that he had with it in the second one. >> he was widely thought to sort of stumble there in the second debate where he picked a fight over whether the president had called the libya attack an act of terror, and then the president did point to a transcript right in the rose garden that he did and candy crowley the moderator confirmed that. this time i think the romney campaign, and the governor, will maybe sort of try to exploit another line, which is that, you know, the consulate itself had asked for additional security the month leading up to this attack. of course they didn't know something would happen but they did ask for more security there and the administration didn't provide it. joe biden said during his debate that the administration didn't know about it. of course the state department did know. there had been a hearing. whether the white house knew or not i think that's something romney might try to go after. >> do you think, am
how do you expect governor romney to handle this issue in the final debate monday? and you think he could make up for the trouble that he had with it in the second one. >> he was widely thought to sort of stumble there in the second debate where he picked a fight over whether the president had called the libya attack an act of terror, and then the president did point to a transcript right in the rose garden that he did and candy crowley the moderator confirmed that. this time i think the...
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romney's the front runner, but this will be an ugly debate. santorum knows this is his last time to get the national attention from everyone and he's probably going to act like a big child. >> all right, meghan mccain, nice to see you. i want to take everybody really quickly back to washington, d.c. as i told you off the top of the hour. we are waiting for the groundbreaking ceremony, this historic moment in american history for the national museum of african-american history and culture. speaking right now is former first lady laura bush. we're back with much more after this. >> his dream of a nation where we're all measured by the content of our character. and where -- follow the wings. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you
romney's the front runner, but this will be an ugly debate. santorum knows this is his last time to get the national attention from everyone and he's probably going to act like a big child. >> all right, meghan mccain, nice to see you. i want to take everybody really quickly back to washington, d.c. as i told you off the top of the hour. we are waiting for the groundbreaking ceremony, this historic moment in american history for the national museum of african-american history and culture....
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if santorum makes a move, you'll see romney call for more debates and vice versa. >> let's take a look at the president. he's still in this race. he's willing to make his fight. here he is in washington today fighting for the 99%. he's still thinking romney is the opponent. mr. 1%. >> right. >> he'd like to put that on his bowling shirt, right, if he ever went -- >> bowling shirt? >> ever went to a bowling alley. excuse me, mitt romney. let's listen. i don't think so. >> we have a choice right now. we can either settle for a country where a few people do really well and everybody else is struggling, or we can restore an economy where everybody gets a fair shot. and everybody does their fair share. and everybody plays by the same set of rules from washington to wall street to main street. everybody is doing their part. >> the campaign has started. >> i'm loving this. i think he's really beginning to feel like this presidential office fits him. it fits him well. the role he's playing in history right now of being the pop will you say leader against what he sees as sort of the reactionary
if santorum makes a move, you'll see romney call for more debates and vice versa. >> let's take a look at the president. he's still in this race. he's willing to make his fight. here he is in washington today fighting for the 99%. he's still thinking romney is the opponent. mr. 1%. >> right. >> he'd like to put that on his bowling shirt, right, if he ever went -- >> bowling shirt? >> ever went to a bowling alley. excuse me, mitt romney. let's listen. i don't think...
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and he was like that last night and throughout the debate, romney was successful, and they have been trying get under gingrich's skin on things where they know he will get irritated. when he is irritated he is fixated and that is not a recipe for focus or success. >> it's only a matter of time until we have the hotly contested debate over pulse attacks that gingrich feels we are at risk for. john heileman, thank you for joining us from the sunshine state, we look forward to hearing more from you next week. >> thank you. >> we will talk about how the gop candidates are courting the hispanic vote, that is next on "now." ♪ ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? it's got 10 speeds, my friend. ♪ is it fast? it's got a lightning bolt on it, doesn't it? ♪ is it fast? i don't even know if it's street-legal. ♪ is it safe? oh, yeah. it's a volkswagen. [ male announcer ] the security of a jetta. one of nine volkswagen models n
and he was like that last night and throughout the debate, romney was successful, and they have been trying get under gingrich's skin on things where they know he will get irritated. when he is irritated he is fixated and that is not a recipe for focus or success. >> it's only a matter of time until we have the hotly contested debate over pulse attacks that gingrich feels we are at risk for. john heileman, thank you for joining us from the sunshine state, we look forward to hearing more...
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we begin with mitt romney's strong debate performance on cnn. howard fineman is a political analyst. and susan page is the washington bureau chief. howard, let's look at the polls out today that show the race in florida turning strongly for romney. take a look. both the latest sunshine state poll have romney ahead by 9%. one at 40%, the other at 38%. your sense of why newt is losing and mitt is winning? >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new combat-ready mitt romney. and he gave newt gingrich's tactics right back at him. mitt romney was well prepared with attack lines and defense lines. he was in newt's space the whole time. it had the feel of a bully being confronted by a guy who was ready for it. but other things happened before that. newt gingrich saying he'd have sarah palin in his administration. scared the establishment types. marco rubio attacking newt gingrich for an ad he had on. newt gingrich talking about colonizing the moon, and romney had a great line ready for that saying if anybody in his admi
we begin with mitt romney's strong debate performance on cnn. howard fineman is a political analyst. and susan page is the washington bureau chief. howard, let's look at the polls out today that show the race in florida turning strongly for romney. take a look. both the latest sunshine state poll have romney ahead by 9%. one at 40%, the other at 38%. your sense of why newt is losing and mitt is winning? >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new...
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how should mitt romney approach this debate? do you think he's going to be spending a lot of timan inning openings left by paul ryan? >> i don't think they'll get too much into what paul ryan said in his last debate. this is about the two of them and their two visions. the think up the president will come a lot more prepared. it's a very interesting dynamic being in the town hall setting, though. the president has to be careful not to be overly aggressive. and mitt romney's biggest challenge is to come sincere as talking to people in that room, and you will gauge a feeling in the room unlike regular debates because of it being a town hall setting. you will feel that vibe in the room and it tends to, one would believe, help president obama more. >> do you get conventional wisdom, erin, on who this might favor more? do you agree with susan that it will favor potentially president obama. >> i do think it will but i think they're both going to look more sincere because they're answering people rather than the moderator or either of
how should mitt romney approach this debate? do you think he's going to be spending a lot of timan inning openings left by paul ryan? >> i don't think they'll get too much into what paul ryan said in his last debate. this is about the two of them and their two visions. the think up the president will come a lot more prepared. it's a very interesting dynamic being in the town hall setting, though. the president has to be careful not to be overly aggressive. and mitt romney's biggest...
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i want to start out with the basics of the debate. do you think mitt romney -- >> i say game on. i have to give it to romney. finally we saw fire from both of them. excellent debate last night. >> the consensus seems to be the one guy that didn't do well was newt gingrich. i thought he just didn't have the plan. >> the bar is always set high for him, because he's done well in previous debates. for him it was terrible, he really needed to do something with extra voom, he want able to rile the audience or take on the media. he did seem like he was phoning it in. >> you guys certainly have your sides on this, do you think this guy is getting to become a better debater? >> he's a pretty good debater and pretty good throughout this process. i do think the big question last night was whether newt gingrich would rise to the occasion, because he's phased 24 to 48 hours of really massive conservative assault. he didn't answer the questions that were posed to hem. in south carolina he was facing some challenge, and he really took it on. he doesn't take anything on yesterday. >> he seemed t
i want to start out with the basics of the debate. do you think mitt romney -- >> i say game on. i have to give it to romney. finally we saw fire from both of them. excellent debate last night. >> the consensus seems to be the one guy that didn't do well was newt gingrich. i thought he just didn't have the plan. >> the bar is always set high for him, because he's done well in previous debates. for him it was terrible, he really needed to do something with extra voom, he want...
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clinton better debaters and mitt romney's debates last cycle made him a better debater. look at these guys, getting worse not better. >> what you outlined is right. with mitt romney's case, he ran four years ago and you seep the benefits of having run before. i think the candidates will be the first to admit they have to improve their answers but here's where i take comfort. i have 100% confident, we are going to nominate someone for president but i have no doubt we will nominate someone from president that will not just be a sharp contrast the in the direction the president wants to take the country but appealing alternatives. i don't think the president has a good argument to make. he'll come to the american people next year and ask for a four-year extension on his contract so to speak and i think he'll have a tough time makinging argument when things have gotten worse under his watch. >> do you think they can go up against barack obama one on one? >> i think all of these candidates, including mitt romney -- i'm not a candidate for president but all of us can get bette
clinton better debaters and mitt romney's debates last cycle made him a better debater. look at these guys, getting worse not better. >> what you outlined is right. with mitt romney's case, he ran four years ago and you seep the benefits of having run before. i think the candidates will be the first to admit they have to improve their answers but here's where i take comfort. i have 100% confident, we are going to nominate someone for president but i have no doubt we will nominate someone...
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here's romney taking a step at that argument at wednesday night's debate. >> i wrote an op ed in the paper and i said absolutely not. these companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy just like airlines have and other industries have. go through a managed bankruptcy. and if they go through the managed bankruptcy and shed the excess of cost put on them by the uaw and their own mismanagement, then if they need help coming out of bankruptcy, the government can provide guarantees and get them back on their feet. >> well, just the proof that he had that audience stacked out there. they applauded the word bankruptcy. no audience in america applauds the word bankruptcy unless they were cued to do it by a bunch of whips now the the audience. which is what he had going there. anyway. steve rattner was the lead adviser on president obama's auto task force and john heileman. msnbc political analyst and writes for "new york" magazine. gentlemen, i want to start with steve. take a look at something you wrote in today's "new york times." you wrote romney's managed bankruptcy plan, quote, sou
here's romney taking a step at that argument at wednesday night's debate. >> i wrote an op ed in the paper and i said absolutely not. these companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy just like airlines have and other industries have. go through a managed bankruptcy. and if they go through the managed bankruptcy and shed the excess of cost put on them by the uaw and their own mismanagement, then if they need help coming out of bankruptcy, the government can provide guarantees and...
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tonight at the final debate between obama and romney, the subject, afghanistan, libya, iran, your world. >>> political poll position. the race is tightening with 15 days before america votes. latest numbers ahead. >>> and lance armstrong speaks out for the first time about the turmoil he has faced over the past few weeks. details right now. >>> very good morning to you. i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> heading into tonight's third and final presidential debate, our new nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows election night could be a cliff-hanger with the candidates now dead even. chuck todd breaks down the numbers. >> reporter: the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows the candidates in a 47-47 tie among likely voters. in mid september, the president led 50-45. the numbers show an evenly divided country overall. the president's job approval holding steady at 49%. economic approval down at 46%. foreign policy approval at 49%. the poll also shows a clear enthusiasm gap. the president has a 49-44 lead among all registered voters, but that 47-47 tie amo
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he still trails mitt romney tonight in arizona where the debates happen. >> i will win in the states that matter to win this election. >> reporter: santorum's now under attack in a new ad from ron paul. >> is this dude serious? >> reporter: focusing on social issues worked for santorum. mitt romney is looking right meeting with the tea party and hammering president obama. >> unfortunately, perhaps because of the people the president hangs around with, their secular agenda, they have fought against religion. >> reporter: at tonight's debate santorum will get more scrutiny because he's the new front-runner, but so will mitt romney. >> he's under the microscope. he's under be pressure. he needs to do well. he needs to re-establish a sense that he's the front-runner in the race. >> reporter: newt gingrich, far behind in the polls, is trying to connect with voters by focusing on a hot button issue, gas prices. >> reporter: romney and santorum will campaign in arizona before tonight's debate there. lynn? >> tracie potts for us in washington. >>> president obama follows up on his state of t
he still trails mitt romney tonight in arizona where the debates happen. >> i will win in the states that matter to win this election. >> reporter: santorum's now under attack in a new ad from ron paul. >> is this dude serious? >> reporter: focusing on social issues worked for santorum. mitt romney is looking right meeting with the tea party and hammering president obama. >> unfortunately, perhaps because of the people the president hangs around with, their secular...
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democrats thought romney did better in the debate. you know the people that didn't move at all, people making under $75,000. >> they know who he is and what he is about. >> i think he is better off changing the subject than getting into that. he hasn't moved those people even on the best night he's had in the last year. >> all right, ari melber. thank you. >> republicans don see this coming. three women are using three crucial issues to beat three gop favorites. the senate surprise is next. >>> then fox news is backing up mitt romney's $5 trillion tax lie. i'll talk with msnbc contributor e.j. deion about that. email marketing from constant contact reaches people in a place they're checking every day -- their inbox. and it gives you the tools to create custom emails that drive business. it's just one of the ways constant contact can help you grow your small business. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. at constantcontact.com/try. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buil
democrats thought romney did better in the debate. you know the people that didn't move at all, people making under $75,000. >> they know who he is and what he is about. >> i think he is better off changing the subject than getting into that. he hasn't moved those people even on the best night he's had in the last year. >> all right, ari melber. thank you. >> republicans don see this coming. three women are using three crucial issues to beat three gop favorites. the...
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but my site had obama as an 85% favorite before the debate. means romney has gone double. people maybe read a little too much into the national polls. but even in the cases where obama was ahead by 7 points in the state before, that lead has been cut to 3 or 4. maybe you have a tie now. or romney ahead. there's a sign that obama's problems were worse just after the debate on thursday and friday and it's perking back up. we'll see in the next round show the swing states tied. then democrats really will be appropriate for them to panic a little bit. right now trepidation is the most appropriate emotion for democrats. if you see e obama's lead in the swing states evaporating as well, then it really is, i think, a toss up heading into the last debates. >> nate silver, author of the new book "the signal and the noise." more broadly it's about the whole statistical universe and how to understand it. nate, congratulations. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> pop quiz. paul ryan has either, a, just helped president obama with the nra, or b, just destroyed president oba
but my site had obama as an 85% favorite before the debate. means romney has gone double. people maybe read a little too much into the national polls. but even in the cases where obama was ahead by 7 points in the state before, that lead has been cut to 3 or 4. maybe you have a tie now. or romney ahead. there's a sign that obama's problems were worse just after the debate on thursday and friday and it's perking back up. we'll see in the next round show the swing states tied. then democrats...
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santorum over his debate performance. romney spoke in front of an audience of home builders earlier. he said the debate was fun and that he didn't expect what happened. >> senator santorum explained most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with. he talked about this as being taking one for the team. i wonder which team he was taking it for. my team is the american people not the insiders in washington. >> after the debate santorum said he felt like it was clear that some of the candidates were focused on double teaming him. let's bring in our political pan panel. michael, i'll start off with you because of an interview you just did making headlines around here because he is contradicting something rick santorum said in that debate. >> last night you remember that governor santorum said to romney said but for you there'd be no obama care and the way he gets there is the say that santorum had been supportive. santorum said spector promised he he would go along with the bush nominations. he said that con
santorum over his debate performance. romney spoke in front of an audience of home builders earlier. he said the debate was fun and that he didn't expect what happened. >> senator santorum explained most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with. he talked about this as being taking one for the team. i wonder which team he was taking it for. my team is the american people not the insiders in washington. >> after the debate santorum said he felt like it was clear...
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at the same time, this debate over women's unemployment during the debate, mitt romney cited a number that was over 500,000 of the number of jobs women's jobs that were lost since president obama took office. we went back to the bls and that number is actually 82,000. does this make a difference this trying to fact check. >> the jobs data is always very, very slippery and a lot of the argument about whether mitt romney was correct or not, boils down to whether you started counting in january 2009 or february 2009 when president obama took office. you can argue it both ways. mitt romney appears to be using the january 2009 number erroneously but that is slightly hair splitting. the key issue is two fold. firstly the job data is very slippery. there are lots of problems with the current jobs data. many would argue it's significantly undercounts the degree of joblessness in the economy because many people are simply not in the figures because they've given up looking for work, but the other important point really is that at a lived experiential level people know that job market is very,
at the same time, this debate over women's unemployment during the debate, mitt romney cited a number that was over 500,000 of the number of jobs women's jobs that were lost since president obama took office. we went back to the bls and that number is actually 82,000. does this make a difference this trying to fact check. >> the jobs data is always very, very slippery and a lot of the argument about whether mitt romney was correct or not, boils down to whether you started counting in...
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a highly skilled debater. very smart. >> could he become the anti romney? >> he doesn't look the part of romney. not as pretty and doesn't have a stature of gingrich. it's going to be difficult for santorum to get through the media funnel. also the political class itself because people tend to say, okay, is it going to be a or b and the a or b are romney and gingrich. >> you brought up the moon, so to the moon, alice. >> i do not want to be the country that having gotten to the moon first, turned around and said, it doesn't really matter, let the chinese dominate space, what do we care. i think that's a path of national decline. >> i spent 25 years in business, if i had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, i'd say you're fired. >> i don't think we should go to the moon. i think we should maybe send some politicians up there at times. >> ron paul gets the catskill comedian award. he had some very good lines. >> i think for the next debate, gingrich needs to moon walk out to hi
a highly skilled debater. very smart. >> could he become the anti romney? >> he doesn't look the part of romney. not as pretty and doesn't have a stature of gingrich. it's going to be difficult for santorum to get through the media funnel. also the political class itself because people tend to say, okay, is it going to be a or b and the a or b are romney and gingrich. >> you brought up the moon, so to the moon, alice. >> i do not want to be the country that having gotten...